Wages, firm profitability and labor market segmentation in urban China

China Economic Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-228

  Knight, John ^a   Li, Shi ^b  

^a Department of Economics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Efficiency wages; Labor market segmentation; Profit sharing; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144553756     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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